I Became the Heavenly Demon of the Academy

Imperial Magic Tower (3)

“Can there be such a thing?”

“You won’t understand. But it’s the truth.”

At my questioning, Arcadia lowered her eyes in a subdued voice.

“Could it be that destruction was predestined… does this world mean?”

“huh. You are correct, Karl von Bernstein.”

“That is unbelievable.”

No matter how much this world is a place where all kinds of mysteries exist, destruction was not so easy to contain. Arcadia stared at me with sad eyes.

“To be precise, it is a world that should have already been destroyed.”

“already?”

“Long before the Empire was established, this world should have already perished. It was such a fate.”

If so, it was more of a question. In none of the books, there was no mention of destruction. Of course, it wasn’t strange that there were no records of the past at that level.

“How did you know that? Was that also a dragon’s ability?”

“that’s right. You said that each dragon sees a different future. But the end was the same. solitary nonsense. Extinction of all life on this planet. Would you like to eat one?”

Arcadia picked a fruit that looked like a peach from a nearby tree and handed it to me.

“Didn’t I say that this place is an illusion without substance anyway?”

“It’s a fantasy, but it’s also not a fantasy.”

The more I listened, the more confused I felt. It was ambiguous to ignore Arcadia, whose hands were stretched out and her eyes shining, so she accepted the fruit.

“Eat it. You won’t regret it.”

It was so sophisticated that it was unbelievable that the sensation felt from the bite of the material and the tongue was an illusion. If it wasn’t for the gap with the feeling, there would be no difference from reality. Like the assurance that you won’t regret it, the taste was also unbelievably great.

After I finished eating the fruit, the Eternian pattern on the back of my hand briefly flashed a light.

“What is this?”

“also. You have obtained the Arnian legacy.”

“I have signed a contract with a ship called Eternia.”

“huh. Some of the dragons were made in preparation for destruction. The Arnian was that ship. The problem is… that I didn’t finish it.”

“Except for the lack of power, there seemed to be no problem.”

Arcadia sighed heavily.

“That power source is the problem. I needed something that exceeded the output of an intact dragon heart. i couldn’t save it I was running out of time.”

“hour?”

“I told you. That this world should have perished in the first place. But ‘we’ rejected it.”

“Who are we? Dragon?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

“So you prevented the end of the world?”

As if regretting it, Arcadia shook her head slowly.

“I couldn’t stop it. Despite ‘our’ determination, the destruction of this world was only slightly postponed.”

“It seems like it’s been quite a while to say a little bit.”

“That’s the human point of view. Carl von Bernstein. By dragon standards, that amount of time equals one night.”

I knew that each creature perceives time differently, but at this point, I wanted to actually see what an alternative dragon was. A creature that regards even the passage of a thousand years as one night.

“Why are you telling me this? There must have been many others by now?”

“Karl von Bernstein. Arcadia only read your name. I read some of it through others about the causal relationship with the people around me, but I couldn’t figure out anything about the person named Karl von Bernstein except for his name. Do you know what that means?”

“I have no idea.”

The emperor with the Dragon’s Eye once said something similar about me. What is a racial trait?

Arcadia narrowed her long yellow eyes and came right up to me, staring up at me.

“You are clearly out of this world’s destiny. Arcadia couldn’t read your fate at all. Perhaps others are similar. No one can read your destiny. That’s what it means. It’s very unusual. In fact, it is close to impossible.”

“I have no intention of conforming to the fate that was set in the first place. It is determined by human choice. Was it decided by someone from the beginning? I can not admit it.”

Even if there was something decided, he believed that he could overcome it enough, just like he changed the fate of the swordsmith.

“that’s right. Just as ‘we’ rejected the fate of destruction, all living creatures have the right to choose according to their will. Arcadia completely agrees with you.”

Arcadia took a step back and nodded with a bright smile.

“It’s unusual.”

From the way you speak, your behavior, this place. There was nothing out of the ordinary. Even her long silver hair that reached down to her toes and her beautiful appearance didn’t look like hers.

“It’s part of the acknowledgment. What’s here is just a tiny bit of what Arcadia is. It may be slightly different from the body. Of course it could be the same. Oh, there’s one thing that’s definitely different. Arcadia wasn’t this small. This is a bit disappointing.”

Arms crossed, Arcadia pursed her lips and grunted.

“So, when will destruction come again?”

The postponement meant that destruction would come again someday. For me, timing was the most important. If the world perishes a thousand years after I die, it was close to a story that had nothing to do with it.

“I don’t know.”

Arcadia answered cheerfully.

“…”

“Don’t stare at me too much. Because I really don’t know. I can only make predictions.”

“prediction?”

“If you make a prediction based on what Arcadia’s main body left behind at the end… Yeah. Sooner or later.”

“From the human point of view, from the dragon’s point of view?”

“It’s from a human point of view. I said that earlier, but ‘I’ basically follows the human point of view. From a dragon’s point of view, it’s enough to blow out a big snort. But I don’t know the exact time.”

The expression itself was ambiguous, but it was said that over a thousand years in terms of dragons was one night. It was said that destruction might come in my lifetime if I did not hesitate.

“What is the form of destruction?”

“I can’t even say that.”

“Looks like you have severe restrictions.”

“Well, yes. It’s like a price for forcibly delaying destruction.”

Shaking his head while sighing deeply, it didn’t seem like he was lying.

“Is the arrangement for destruction prepared by Arcadia this tower?”

He said a sudden question. They said there was a dragon who prepared something.

“that’s right. However, there wasn’t much I could do. We had too little time to prepare for destruction. ‘I’ am Arcadia, but not Arcadia. It was an adventure to talk to you like this. In the meantime, I had exhausted my existence so much that I was asleep all the time except for a few moments.”

“So what do you want from me? If you had to force yourself to bring it here, you must have thought of something?”

match!

Suddenly, Arcadia clapped once.

Two chairs, a table, and two tea cups appeared in front of me.

“Do you want to sit down for a while? Looking at it now, it’s a bit like standing there so far away.”

“This… looks like the world of images.”

In this space, it seemed that many things could be realized according to Arcadia’s will.

“You can see it’s similar. that’s why i called you here First off, just curious. Your existence is truly… incomprehensible even with the eyes of a dragon. At first, I thought it was an arrangement left by Adrian.”

“Isn’t that all there is to it?”

“of course. Arcadia expects only one thing from you. save the world Carl von Bernstein.”

It was a very vague request. The same is true of destruction, and the same is true of saving the world.

“How are you going to save the world when you don’t know when destruction will come or what form it will take?”

“Of course, I’m not saying you have to shoulder everything by yourself. It’s just… I’m asking for a little help so that this fragile world can stand on its own.”

“Does anyone else know about this?”

“There should be. However, it is not known how the seeds planted in advance germinated. I can’t intervene like that.”

“If the form of destruction is self-destruction, hasty intervention can lead to catastrophe.”

If I spread martial arts everywhere in preparation for destruction, it could have accelerated destruction even more. Human greed had enough possibilities for that.

“Self-destruction… it won’t be. Of course I can’t be sure. Maybe there is such a thing among the many future branches. So the choice is yours alone. As always.”

“…”

Arcadia, who lifted the teacup in an elegant posture, took a sip and put it down, slowly lifted her head and stared at me with deep eyes.

“Karl von Bernstein. What do you want?”

“To reach the end of nothingness.”

“Is that all?”

Looking at Arcadia’s calm eyes, I suddenly remembered one more thing.

“happiness.”

“Your own?”

“Including the surroundings.”

“That’s enough. Carl von Bernstein.”

With her yellow eyes shining, Arcadia smiled brightly.

“Why do you ask that?”

“Because I needed to know about you. Humans naturally understand others through conversation, don’t they? I couldn’t figure it out even with the dragon’s eyes, so I just followed the human way.”

“is it.”

Right.

Arcadia flicked her fingers lightly, and a small piece of paper appeared in front of me.

“huh. That’s it.”

“What is this?”

“A place that might be useful to you. It’s the magic coordinates, so show it to Selina and she’ll know.”

“What are you doing?”

“That’s a secret. You’ll know when you go. I can assure you that it will definitely help. There is no need to rush, go when you have time.”

“Are you still alone here?”

At my question, Arcadia smiled bitterly.

“As always. Anyway, ‘I’ will go back to sleep soon. I don’t know if I’ll see you again. As I said, Arcadia cannot see your destiny. So you never know if we’ll ever meet again. And one more thing.”

“one thing?”

“There’s something I couldn’t tell you before, but I adjusted the Arnian’s ship contract grade. From temporary user to full user. Didn’t I say you wouldn’t regret eating it?”

I thought it was recommended simply because of its great taste, but it seems that eating the fruit on my own was a kind of magical ritual.

“This is it, Carl von Bernstein. I enjoyed the conversation. I am getting sleepy.”

“…thanks.”

Unlike when I first arrived, I could feel my consciousness slowly drifting away.

“Is it fate that someone like you was born in this world? Maybe? Is it the will of the world? I don’t know either. well, it doesn’t matter Carl von Bernstein. May blessings be with you on your path ahead. I will pray in this purgatory.”

Arcadia’s vaguely recited words echoed like an echo.

Between the flickering sights, in the middle of the fluttering petals, I saw Arcadia quietly closing her eyes and praying with her hands tightly clasped together.

“Master…?”

When I came to my senses, there were green eyes staring at me right in front of me.

“Yulia?”

“yes. He suddenly stopped moving.”

“I’ve been talking for a while.”

“yes…?”

“I don’t even know if what I saw is true…”

While talking, when I put my hand into the feeling in my pocket, I finally touched the piece of paper that Arcadia had created.

“No, that’s the sure truth.”

“…Is that so. It’s a mystery. It hasn’t even been 10 seconds since Master stopped walking.”

My head was confused by the information I suddenly learned. A world that was scheduled to be destroyed, or a request to stop it. It was vague. If I had known what perdition was, it would have been much easier to deal with.

can’t even say that It was a frustrating feeling.

“Master, what’s going on?”

Princess Riena looked at me with a worried look from the side. Also, in this respect, he was a disciple who was like a ghost.

“I was a bit worried about what would happen if the auction funds were insufficient.”

“I don’t think so…”

“Do you have any money?”

“Yes? money?”

“Yes, the more auction funds, the better. If I have extra money, I will borrow some.”

Actually, there was no need to borrow it. It would have been enough if it was assigned to the Bernstein estate. After the Great Northern War, even if I were to sell a city, my father, Margrave Heinrich, would accept it with a big smile.

However, until her thoughts were organized, she didn’t want Princess Riena or Yulia to get involved in complicated things like the end of the world.

“That, yes. If it’s a request from your master.”

Looking at Princess Riena taking out her wallet from her arms, she put her hand on her head.

“Coming to think of it, I think we can just leave it for Bernstein. You can put your wallet back.”

“…Anyway, Master’s been weird lately.”

“Okay then, let’s go to the auction house.”

I lightly ignored Princess Riena’s pouty face and moved to the auction house.